News
2021 PSF Board of Directors Election Results
599 ballots of 1,538 eligible voters were cast for this year's PSF election. The three top vote-getters were:
- Joannah Nanjekye
- Débora Azevedo
- Tania Allard
Articles
Subclassing in Python Redux
The conflict between subclassing and composition is as old as object-oriented programming. The latest crop of languages like Go or Rust prove that you don’t need subclassing to successfully write code. But what’s a pragmatic approach to subclassing in Python, specifically?
hynek.me
How Mock Can Improve Your Unit Tests: Part 1
A 2-part series from Caktus Group on using mocks to improve unit tests.
caktusgroup.com
The ritual of the deploy by Vicki Boykis
Vicki breaks down how rituals and superstitions relate to the production deployment process.
github.io
Basic and Full-text Search with Django and Postgres
A step-by-step look at implementing basic and full-text search with Postgres in a Django app.
testdriven.io
Events
Talks and Tutorials from 2021 Python Web Conference Released
Sixty video recordings from Six Feet Up’s 3rd annual 2021 Python Web Conference are now available.
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Tutorials
Django Forum - Virtual Environments on Windows
There was a recent discussion on activating a virtual environment on Windows where Python core developer Brett Cannon weighed in, among several others.
If you're not currently using it, the Django forum is an excellent place to ask/answer questions for all levels of Django developers.
djangoproject.com
Videos
PyCon 20201: Python Steering Council
One of our favorite PyCon 20201 talks was the Python Steering Council keynote which covers current and future initiatives.
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Podcasts
Django Chat #94 - Greening Django with Chris Adams
Chris is a consultant and director of the Green Web Foundation. We discuss how he first become involved with Django, recent talks, and how to speed the transition of the web away from fossil fools.
djangochat.com
Projects
kevinmickey/django-prettyjson: Enables pretty JSON viewer in Django forms, admin, or templates
Django's JSONField is a wonderful life hack, but the default display mode in the Django Admin is a little underwhelming. This is where django-prettyjson has you covered.
github.com
disqus/django-bitfield: A BitField extension for Django Models
A BitField extension for Django Models.
github.com
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